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A parallel light beam of wavelength passes through a slit wide and forms a diffraction pattern on a screen away from the slit. Find the width of the central maximum on the screen. What would be the width of this maximum, if the apparatus be immersed in water of refractive index ?

Important Questions on Diffraction of Light
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At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a single-slit diffraction pattern, the phase difference between the Huygens' wavelet from the edge of the slit and the wavelet from the mid-point of the slit is:

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A beam of light of from a distant source falls on a single-slit wide and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen away. The distance between first dark fringes on either side of the central bright fringe is:

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For a parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength , diffraction is produced by a single slit whose width is of the wavelength of light. If is the distance of the screen from the slit, the width of the central maxima will be:

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A linear aperture whose width is is placed immediately in front of a lens of focal length . The aperture is illuminated normally by a parallel beam of light of wavelength . The distance of the first dark band of the diffraction pattern from the centre of the screen is:

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In a diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width , the first minimum is observed at an angle when light of wavelength is incident on the slit. The first secondary is observed at an angle of:

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The box of a pin hole camera of length has a hole of radius . It is assumed that when the hole is illuminated by a parallel beam of light of wavelength , the spread of the spot (obtained on the opposite wall of the camera) is the sum of its geometrical spread and the spread due to diffraction. The spot would then have its minimum size (say ) when:

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The angular width of the central maximum in a single slit diffraction pattern is . The width of the slit is . The slit is illuminated by monochromatic plane waves. If another slit of same width is made near it, Young’s fringes can be observed on a screen placed at a distance from the slits. If the observed fringe width is , what is slit separation distance? (i.e., distance between the centres of each slit.)
